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FE Modeling Strategy
• Decide on details from design• Find smallest dimension of interest• Pick element types– 1D Beams– 2D Plate or Shell– 3D Tetrahedron or Brick
• Estimate number of elements, nodes & “dofs”• Decide if run time will be reasonable
FE Modeling Strategy (continued)
• Input Geometry– CAD file– Inside FE code
• Generate Mesh– Pick parameters: elements/length, element size, …– Select regions to mesh– Generate and check• Aspect ratio• Degenerate elements
FE Modeling Strategy (continued)
• Apply displacement boundary conditions– check for rigid body motion
• Apply surface loads• Apply body forces
FE Solution Strategy
• Pick solution strategy– Linear or nonlinear– Eigenvalue (natural frequencies or buckling)– Transient or static– Parametric, optimization or probabilistic